Then make sure you have the right database settings (URL) and that the driver (connector J) is in your class path)

If you get the error:

SQLException: Before start of result set

Then check out my post on my Ruby on Rails blog. Basically you need to make sure you are calling the first() or next() function before using your retrieved result set.

Other notes:- Instead of relying on MySQL to provide Full Text Searches for your application, upgrade to a more robust (and fast) Full Text search solution like Lucene. I have always wondered why something like Lucene can't be integrated with MySQL (may be with a special engine).- My wife has a new blog where she comments about everything/anything she wants to talk about.- If using Lucene in Action Book by Erik Hatcher, make sure you are not using deprecated code (the book has great info but seems to be full of deprecated code)- Markus has a post on event and table logging test- Sheeri has a cool post about MySQL inheritance that I would like to check out in near future.